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After over a year since initial development, Pligg 2.0.0 is now available to download in a final form. The 2.0.0 version of Pligg CMS represents a stable point in the project and we are happy to recommend this version for production servers, and encourage users to now make the upgrade from Pligg 1.2.2 to 2.0.0.

This update consists of over 100 changes since the previous release, and includes a number of bug fixes and cosmetic updates. The most noticeable difference since the Pligg 2.0.0 RC2 release is that we updated Bootstrap to the latest available version (currently 3.0.0). The navigation bar across the top is now “Pligg blue” (matching the pligg.com website) and is now fixed to the top of the page as you scroll down.

Updates to address some lingering bugs will be provided in future 2.0.1, 2.0.2, etc. versions. There are still a few left over issues that have been reported on Github that we haven’t been able to fix yet. The majority of these issues are related to the Groups feature, so if you choose to not use this feature on your site we recommend temporarily disabling it from the Admin panel.

With roughly 100 updates made to the code since 2.0.0rc2, the latest version brings a lot of fixes and style improvements. Some of the update highlights are listed below.

STYLE: Updated Bootstrap to the new 3.0 release

STYLE: The navigation bar login link now presents a modal window login form

STYLE: Updated the comment section

STYLE: Updated the simple messaging module

STYLE: The login and register pages are now full width

FIX: Edit avatar feature

FIX: Your avatar now shows on the second submission step’s live preview

I’m OK with the way that the user avatar upload modal currently operates. The upload function still works, it just doesn’t know to close the modal after saving the new avatar. Users can still hit the Cancel button, the X in the top right corner, or click outside of the modal to dismiss it. If someone would like to contribute a change on Github I’d be willing to update it, but I don’t want to invest more time on it.